November 27‚ 2012 Presented By: JG LS TC Population control is a practice used to control the number of people that inhabit the earth; altering the rate of growth. Generally implemented due to: ◦ Increased poverty levels ◦ Religious reasons ◦ Environmental concerns ◦ Overpopulation Natural forms of control: ◦ Economic ◦ Environmental ◦ Social How do countries control population growth and why? • China – One Child Policy • India‚ Iran‚ & Singapore – Government
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the age of the population surrounding any healthcare facility or a particular region. The rate at which our population is aging is one of the most demographic trends that will changes the face of the future workforce of healthcare. The demand for services and they type of services offered will change as well. The impact will be felt on a economic level across the board. • If health care consumption patterns and physician productivity remained constant over time‚ the aging population would increase
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Background Our citizen population reached a turning point in 2012‚ as our first cohort of Baby Boomers turned 65. Singapore will experience an unprecedented age shift between now and 2030. Over 900‚000 Baby Boomers‚ more than a quarter of the current citizen population‚ will enter their silver years. From 2020 onwards‚ the number of working-age citizens will decline‚ as older Singaporeans retiring outnumber younger ones starting work. At our current low birth rate‚ our citizen population will age rapidly
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the slow-moving main population.4 This type of movement is called “stratified-diffusion.”5 In my research‚ I assume that the gypsy moth population behaves like a mainland-island metapopulation‚ i.e.‚ “a population of populations”6 consisting of a mainland population and several smaller dispersed island populations. The best management solution may be a mixed strategy involving intervention on both the small dispersed island populations and the main population front.7 By examining
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The Population Growth Rate in India For many years concern has been voiced over the seemingly unchecked rate of population growth in India‚ but the most recent indications are that some success is being achieved in slowing the rate of population growth. The progress which has been achieved to date is still only of a modest nature and should not serve as premature cause for complacency. Moreover‚ a slowing of the rate of population growth is not incompatible with a dangerous population increase
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Caring for Populations: Assessment and Diagnosis Krystle Gonzales Chamberlain Community Health Nursing 443 Prof Schoenberg November 20‚ 2014 Introduction A community health nurse must be effective in targeting the population as a whole. The nurse will determine the needs for the community by using the data compiled from a windshield survey. As stated in the text‚ “A population focus also involves a scientific approach to community health nursing: an assessment of the community or population
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downtown high-rise sound? These are but a few minor‚ yet inconvenient‚ effects of the population explosion we Californian’s are facing. Our geographical space is not getting any larger‚ but our population is. The 2000 census showed California’s population increased by 13.6% over 1990 census figures to 33‚871‚648 people. California adds over 550‚000 people annually‚ which is roughly equivalent to adding the entire population of the state of Vermont every year. Why is California so over populated and what
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The Aging Population Soc 202 December-19‚ 2010 The Aging Population The aging population seemed like one of the most important populations suffering in our world today. The aging society has a: Declining birthrate‚ Increase in the life expectancy of Americans‚ and consist of 13% (35 million) of the United States population. (Stanley‚ Baca‚ & Eitzen‚ 2008) When I think of the aging population in the United States I cannot let go of the thought that their future is going to be harder as
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Population aging problem in China The current situation of aging problem in China is serious‚ and will become severer in the future. “China is rapidly getting older. Three decades ago‚ only 5 percent of population was over 65; today‚ 123 million people‚ or 9 percent of population‚ are over this age. A report released by a government think tank forecasts that China will become the world’s most aged society in 2030. Further‚ by 2050 China’s older population will likely swell to 330 million‚ or a quarter
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number of people. If the world population continued to grow at the current rate‚ the earth would not be able to sustain its population and the number of people will decrease. In Dr. Coy’s lecture about Understanding Growth‚ she said‚ “From the time of the earliest humans until about 10‚000 years ago‚ the world population probably never exceeded 2 million. The human population grew faster after the invention of agriculture. After the industrial revolution‚ the human population began to follow an exponential
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